Gladiators reunited with Ulrika Jonsson on ITV for Saturday Night Story

Gladiators, ready: the original ITV gameshow stars reunite on The Saturday Night Story ITV

The undisputed heroes of Saturday night TV in the Nineties were the Gladiators, the lycra-clad athletes of ITV’s epic gameshow.

Now, many of the original cast have reunited, along with host Ulrika Jonsson, and even famed Scottish referee John Anderson. Sadly this isn’t for another run of the legendary show, which saw competitors head to Birmingham in order to beat the Gladiators at a series of challenges, from the likes of Swingshot and Atlaspheres, to the dreaded Eliminator.

The reunion has taken place thanks to Saturday Night Story, an ITV documentary about the best Saturday telly through the decades, bringing original Gladiators Lightning, Jet, Ace, Hunter, Saracen, and infamous Wolf together.

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Hunter, AKA James Crossley

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Jet, AKA Diane Youdale

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Lightning, AKA Kim Betts

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Saracen, AKA Mike Lewis

After Gladiators he became a firefighter

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Wolf, AKA Michael Van Wijk

After Gladiators he moved to New Zealand where he runs a chain of gyms

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As the show's notorious bad-boy Wolf walked out to meet his fellow ex-Gladiators, referee Anderson jokingly said “I’ve got something for you,” and handed him a red card, as he would often do on the show.

Speaking of the reunion Ulrika Jonssons said: “For me this is really, really nostalgic, because Gladiators was a huge part of my life. I haven’t been back [to the arena] since, I guess it must have been 1999, so it feels very strange.”